CONTENTS
Prologue vii
CHAPTER 1: The Identity of God 1
CHAPTER 2: The God We Worship 33
CHAPTER 3: The Only God 57
CHAPTER 4: God Interpreting God 85
CHAPTER 5: The God Who Is 107
CHAPTER 6: Even as God 135
CHAPTER 7: The God Who Acts 159
CHAPTER 8: The God Who Is Coming 195
Epilogue 227
Appendix: Three Primary Trinitarian Creeds 239
Name Index 244
Subject Index 250
Scripture Index 256

"Is the doctrine of the Trinity biblical? Malcolm Yarneli sets out to expiore this important question in this immensely learned yet eminently accessible volume. His study is a model of scholarship: deeply grounded in biblical teaching and expertly synthesizing the scriptural data into a coherent whole. Highly recommended!"
Andreas J. Kostenberger, senior research professor of New Testament and biblical theology, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
"All true Chrisdan theology, worship, and discipleship is Trinitarian in shape and substance. Regrettably, many evangelicals often fail to reflect on the importance of the Trinity in defining the contours of Christian theology and the Gospel. In this book, Malcolm Yarneli has given the church a lucid and compelling defense of the doctrine of the Trinity, while also giving evangelicals a sense of why the church must continually and unashamedly confess its faith in the one God who is Father, Son, and Spirit."
R. Albert Mohler Jr., president, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
"Having been assured that Trinitarian theology is the warp and woof of the Chrisdan faith, the vast majority of people in evangelical churches accept it as true; but when they read books on the subject, they mostly scratch their heads wondedng what all of these philosophical discussions about intellectual minutiae have to do with the Bible and with faith. Malcolm Yarneli has done the unthinkable. He simply explicates the Scnptures in a most enlightening way. Clearly an accomplished theologian has done his work, but there is something new here. The theologian is also a preacher and a pastor, and he appropri- ately believes that in God's Word, we can find clarity on most issues. This book becomes mandatory for every pastor and every theologian to have and to read."
Paige Patterson, president, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
"There is no task more important in contemporary Trinitarian theology than that of clarifying its biblical character. Count Malcolm Yarneli among the theologians who have rightly identified this, and watch how he throws everything he's got into the task. This book engages the Bible's Trinitarian idiom creatively, and summons evangelical theologians and Bible scholars to join in the joyful work of learning to discern just how deeply and directly G'od Г&' Trwfty has spoken in Scripture."
Fred Sanders, professor of theology, Torrey Honors Institute, Biola University
"Biblical exegesis is the native soil in which the Christian doctrine of the Trinity flourishes. In this learned and beautifully written book, Malcolm Yarneli plays the role of skillful gardener, tending the Holy Scripture and cultivating the fruits of knowledge and love of the Triune God. I found the last chapter on the book of Revelation especially instructive, but am confident that the entire book will be a blessing to readers."
Scott R. Swain, professor of systematic theology and academic dean, Reformed Theological Seminary
"Instead of heading directly to Nicaea, Yarneli takes us on a canonical tour of the Bible's artistic depictions of God the Trinity. His close theological reading of eight biblical portraits of God leads him to suggest that God the Trinity is not the explicit propositional teaching of the Bible but the Bible's implicit idiom, an insight that leads him to rethink the way many evangelicals read the Bible. r/yc 7Н'?мгу combines a Baptist commitment to biblical authority with literary sensitivity, imagination, an openness to premodern patterns of interpretation, and a little art history to boot. What's not to like?"
Kevin J. Vanhoozer, research professor of systematic theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School